February 26, 2007 at 6:30 PM - Regular

1. Call Meeting to Order for February 26, 2007.

1.A. Roll Call

2. Time for Citizens. In the event that a quorum of the Board is not present to open the meeting, the Monday session shall thereby be cancelled after a reasonable time in the opinion of the Board members present or, if there is no Board member present, the Superintendent or designee, and agenda items II through III shall be moved to Tuesday, February 27, 2007, immediately following Section V on the Agenda.

3. Motion to go into Closed Session.

3.A. [Section 551.071, Government Code - Consultation with Attorney:] For a private consultation with the Board’s attorney with respect to pending or contemplated litigation or settlement offers, and/or on matters where the attorney’s duty to the Board, under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas, clearly conflicts with the open government provisions of Chapter 551 of the Government Code, to wit:

3.A.1. Tiffany Aguillen EEOC charge;

3.A.2. Proposed approval of a Medicaid Administrative Claims Management agreement with Aldine Independent School District [See agenda item X (R)]

3.A.3. Extended deadlines for Bexar County Juvenile Board's Letter of Intend re: Emma Frey Elementary School; and

3.A.4. Amendment of Policy BE (Local)

3.A.5. Legal issues dealing with other agenda items brought into Closed Session.

3.B. [Section 551.072 Texas Government Code - Real Property:] To deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property if deliberation in an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the position of the Board in negotiation with a third party, to wit:

3.B.1. Former H.K. Williams Elementary School;

3.B.2. Former Emma Frey Elementary School;

3.B.3. 4114 Commerce Street (Pep Boys Building).

4. Call Meeting to Order for February 27, 2007, beginning at 7:00 p.m. at the Edgewood Academy, Recital Hall, 607 S.W. 34th Street, San Antonio, Texas.

4.A. Roll Call

4.B. Invocation & Pledge of Allegiance

4.C. Academic Spotlight for Hosting Campus: Wrenn Middle School

5. Presentation(s):

5.A. Boeing Grant

6. Discussion/Action on matters taken up in Closed Session and/or matters listed in Section III whether or not items listed therein were taken into Closed Session; and matters listed under Sections IX and X, if any, taken into Closed Session under Section III. The Board may also go into Closed Session at this time on any matter on any agenda item listed in either or both sessions as may be authorized by law.

7. Bond Construction Projects Update - Project Management

7.A. Bond Projects Financial Update and Change Order Log

8. Administrative/Product Reports

8.A. Budget/Finance

8.A.1. Tax Report

9. Consent Agenda Items

9.A. Minutes: Special...January 11, 2007; Regular...January 22-23, 2007; Special...January 25, 2007; Special...February 6, 2007; Special...February 13, 2007.

9.B. Approval of the Budget Amendments for February 2007.

9.C. Approval of the Law Firm of Escamilla & Poneck, Inc. for Professional Services Rendered.

9.D. Approval to proclaim March 2007, as National Professional Social Worker Month in the Edgewood Independent School District.

9.E. Approval to proclaim March 5-9, 2007, as Texas Public Schools Week in the Edgewood Independent School District.

10. Individual Items for Consideration and Approval

10.A. Approval of TASB Localized Policy Manual Update 79 (Presented for 1st Reading).

10.B. Approval of the City of San Antonio Parks and Recreation Department to use Las Palmas, Roosevelt, L.B. Johnson, Loma Park, H.B. Gonzalez, and Winston Elementary. For the Kid Quest Summer Recreation Program and Kennedy High School and Memorial High School for the Teen Connection Summer Recreation Program with waiver of all fees.

10.C. Approval of promotions, transfers, new hires, resignations, retirements and re-assignments for professional contract personnel where Board Action required. [Note: Board action on this item, if any, is limited to those personnel items that require Board action; otherwise, the item is for information only, whether or not the Board approves a motion to approve this item; and, in any event, the Board does not approve transfers, resignations previously approved by the Superintendent, retirements and reassignments.]

10.D. Approval to accept Grant funds from Washington Mutual to benefit AVID District Conference.

10.E. Approval to update authorized District representatives with Bank of America.

10.F. Approval of Resolution recognizing appropriate staff members and to update Commercial Banking Deposit account with Bank of America.

10.G. Approval to update the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Pledgee Agreement and Update authorized District representatives to confirm funds transfer.

10.H. Approval to update authorized District representatives with MBIA Asset Management, TexStar, TexPool, and Lone Star Investment Pools.

10.I. Approval of the Resolution to update authorized District representatives with TexPool Investment Pool.

10.J. Approval to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with Palo Alto College to provide Dual Credit Courses for high school students in the Edgewood Independent School District.

10.K. Approval to enter into a Teacher-2-Teacher Course Agreement with Princeton Review, Inc. to provide SAT/ACT Test Prep for high school students in the Edgewood Independent School District.

10.L. Approval of the Edgewood Academy Ballet Folklorico Team and Mariachi Group to compete at the 2nd Annual Mariachi and Folklorico Festival in La Joya, Texas on March 29, 2007 through March 31, 2007 for a total of $7,150.25, funded locally.

10.M. Approval of Banking Resolution and certificate of incumbency recognizing appropriate staff members (Superintendent of Education, Business & Management Support Services Executive Director, Board President and Board Secretary) who sign checks.

10.N. Approval to establish a partnership between the Alamo Community College District and Edgewood Independent School District with the purpose of EISD providing students with applied technical courses, career information, and hands-on learning experiences designed to assist them with making an informed career decision.

10.O. Approval to accept a grant from Boeing in the amount of $25,000 to pay for consultant fees and lab materials for staff development of middle school and 9th grade science teachers.

10.P. Approval to submit to the Texas Education Agency an amendment to the Standard application SAS A309-07 for additional Career and Technology funds in the amount of $16,111.

10.Q. Approval to enter into an agreement for Edgewood Independent School District to participate in our Lady of the Lake's collaboration mentoring, and Technology for recruitment (COMET-R) Project, a teacher certification program and mentor/induction-year training program for beginning teachers for the second year of a three year grant.

10.R. Approval to enter into an inter-agency agreement with Aldine Independent School District and Edgewood Independent School District (EISD) to provide services for billing Medicaid thru the Medicaid Administrative Case Management (MACM) for the 2006-2007 school year.

10.S. Approval for Edgewood Independent School District to participate in the Martha & Arturo Olivo Family & Mission Road Developmental Center Memorandum of Understanding with the Special Education Department from August 17, 2006 to May 30, 2007.

10.T. Approval of amendment II to the contract with Marmon Mok Architecture providing architectural services for the design of a new elementary school located at the existing Cenizo Park Elementary site.

11. Information

11.A. Human Resources Report

11.B. Consultant Monthly Report

11.C. Overtime Report

11.D. Financial Statements

11.E. Active Investment Report

11.F. Vandalism Report

11.G. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) Audit for Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2006. (Separate Cover)

11.H. Joe Alderete Consultant Report

12. New Business

13. Announcement(s)

14. Adjournment